Theme V: Guidelines for Successful Teaching on the Web

http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/acac/Documents/bhiggenbotham%20guide.htm

"A key challenge is to create an environment in which the students do not need to rely on face-to-face contact to learn material. This environment should include several basic components: access to course materials (online and offline), comprehensive course management tools for students and faculty, opportunities for self-assessment, formation of online communities, and formative evaluation of the course. Other components that could add to the learning experience include: the use of active learning, experiential learning, and service learning strategies to design content; development of self-paced tutorials and activities to provide structured learning; and utilization of online testing and scoring techniques for additional student assessment." Jason Rosenblum, "Design and Development of Online Courses: Faculty Working In Collaboration." Syllabus Magazine (vol. 13, No.7, March 2000)
http://www.syllabus.com/syllabusmagazine/mar00_fea.html


The Advisory Committee on Academic Computing produced two important documents in 1999/2000. In May 2000, the "Guidelines for Successful Teaching on the Web" appeared. The guidelines are aimed at courses in which either some or all of the instruction is asynchronously delivered. They include counsel for posting registration materials, selecting course materials, providing course management tools, promoting active learning, providing self-assessment opportunities for students, forming online communities, and building the Web?assisted course. Copies of the document were sent to all department chairs and department Technology Representatives, and the guidelines appear on the AIT website.